most people are fine with their iphones having planned obsolescence too. that’s the whole problem, is that we can be conditioned to accept things that are objectively worse

it is interesting seeing people try to live vicariously through tony khan by imagining what they would do to resolve this situation that they know little about. i’m kind of just hoping this somehow results in kenny being back to njpw

it is admittedly strange to characterize ‘owner of wwe is multi-time sexual harasser for years’ as ‘tame’ compared to this. i think pro wrestling can engender a strangely skewed sense of perspective in people though

holy fuck capitalism

sounds like a good time to end the conversation. sorry if i have upset you, i think we all have a lot we can learn from eachother if we try. peace

i have to start by saying that you have not been dragged into anything.

“Capitalism sucks, but it is also a soup in which this turtle swims.”

i love this so much

cool, sounds like we’re on the same page then, peace

i think the description of parasocial relationship stuff as a ‘symptom, not the cause’ makes a lot of sense. but i think it’s also worth recognizing that this symptom is essentially an attempted *treatment* to the core problem, and arguably feeds back into the problem itself. i think it’s a big point of concern for…

you wrote the following comment: “Is it any different than prostitutes, escorts, Maison Derrieres, and strippers? Socially stunted men have been deluding themselves into thinking they have a real relationship with women that have absolutely no interest in anything other than their money for as long as men and women…

i don’t think i would tie it to societies that become ‘safer and more ordered’; i think we could easily have a safer society that also addresses these serious issues of social isolation etc. capitalism is a huge obstacle to that though

i dont really get your responses here. lacslyer was completely polite to you, didnt dip into anything even remotely ‘puritan’ or misogynistic or whatever, and is clearly just looking for answers like a lot of us are.

it is a fact that we should care about and protect kids, so if there is a reason to think that…

okay, so you are okay with twitch having very sexual content where streamers are rewarded for generating parasocial relationships, including content that is more accessible to minors than ever. you are okay with this on the basis that there’s already stuff similar to this in the world. so here is my question for you:…

i see some of your other comments and you talk about being an anticapitalist, which is great, i am on board with that. if no problemsolving of the issues capitalism presents society with is involved in that, though, then i think you may find that your anticapitalism doesnt hold any meaning beyond being a label

at the end of the day i think the question has to be: “there are apparently streamers who i guess pretend to give oral sex to microphones on platforms that are very popular with minors. is this the optimal situation for us to have, with no room for improvement?”

i dont know much about this particular streamer, but i think she was doing stuff like lapping up the microphone with her tongue? i assumed, but could be wrong, that there was other pretty sexual stuff there on there, but maybe that wasnt on twitch?

the fact remains that a lot of kids use the site for normal kid reasons, and then apparently can get exposed to very sexual content quite easily. this does seem like something we should have a problemsolving attitude about

ok so the situation described in this article is indeed not that bad, in your opinion. i strongly disagree but we do seem to understand eachother here

they see free creative thinking as a sign of rebellion? on what basis do u say this